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msttcorefonts package

  1. Bug #1607535
  2. Comment #50

Comment 50 for bug 1607535

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Adrien Beau (adrienbeau) wrote : Re: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4+nmu1ubuntu2 fails to install core fonts and should be updated to version 3.6 from Debian

Hello everybody that recently commented on this issue (starting with comment #10)!

I believe the core issue is in not in the msttcorefonts package: it is modified on Ubuntu to delegate all downloads to the update-notifier package, which is the one having issues. (That is why installing the Debian version is a quick fix: it does not use update-notifier.)

The update-notifier package itself delegates the download to the apt-helper program from the apt package, which is the one having a problem and which should be fixed.

Have a look at the following issue for the details, and vote on it if you are affected:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/1655431